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Indeed, I knew one of these sort of gentlemen-apprentices make an attempt to begin, and set up his trade -- he was a dealer in what they call Crooked-lane wares: he got about £300 from his father, an honest plain countryman, to set him up, and his said honest father exerted himself to the utmost to send him up so much money.

The Complete English Tradesman (1839 ed.) Daniel Defoe 1696

I'm fascinated, not the least of why because Sean proposed something very much like this in Crooked Letter, where I encountered it over a year before this article.

Archive 2006-02-01 Lou Anders 2006

Another of his masters kept a fishing-tackle shop, in Crooked-lane, and of course part of his trade was to have maggots or gentles to sell to those, who had patience enough to angle in the New River.

Anecdotes and Observations, Reflections and Critical Remarks 1824

And there's one-off assists from her older brother Richard The Bills, Oh Susanna and that superlative slice of Americana pie known as Crooked Still.

Michael Bialas: A Career in Full Bloom: Ruth Moody Lovingly Tends to The Garden Michael Bialas 2010

And there's one-off assists from her older brother Richard (The Bills), Oh Susanna and that superlative slice of Americana pie known as Crooked Still.

Michael Bialas: A Career in Full Bloom: Ruth Moody Lovingly Tends to The Garden 2010

A couple of years ago I took a magical journey in the Blue Ridge Mountains of southern Virginia along a scenic byway called The Crooked Road.

Lea Lane: Moments with Odetta: Inspirational Singer, Beautiful Woman Lea Lane 2010

A couple of years ago I took a magical journey in the Blue Ridge Mountains of southern Virginia along a scenic byway called The Crooked Road.

Lea Lane: Moments with Odetta: Inspirational Singer, Beautiful Woman 2010

And there's one-off assists from her older brother Richard (The Bills), Oh Susanna and that superlative slice of Americana pie known as Crooked Still.

Michael Bialas: A Career in Full Bloom: Ruth Moody Lovingly Tends to The Garden 2010

A couple of years ago I took a magical journey in the Blue Ridge Mountains of southern Virginia along a scenic byway called The Crooked Road.

Moments with Odetta: Inspirational Singer, Beautiful Woman 2010

A couple of years ago I took a magical journey in the Blue Ridge Mountains of southern Virginia along a scenic byway called The Crooked Road.

Lea Lane: Moments with Odetta: Inspirational Singer, Beautiful Woman 2009